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Innovate to Mitigate Competition
Innovate to Mitigate challenges 8th–12th grade students to submit ideas that will mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gases. People around the world are working hard on this problem. To meet the big challenges
Energy
Lighten Up: Lemons & LEDs
What is Lighten Up? Now that things are opening up again, we want to bring you some fun in the sun! What's a summer without
Energy Climate
Montgomery Parks Undertakes LED Retrofits at South Germantown Recreational Park
Montgomery Parks recently converted 62 high-pressure sodium (HPS) light fixtures to newer, more efficient LED technology at South Germantown Recreational Park. South Germantown Recreational Park
Green Business Energy
Introducing the Green Bank's Communications and Community Engagement Manager: Tyniah McDuffie
The Montgomery County Green Bank is a publicly-chartered nonprofit dedicated to accelerating affordable energy efficiency and clean energy investment in Montgomery County, MD. We partner
Energy
EmPOWER Maryland's Incentives for New Home Construction
What is EmPOWER Maryland? If you look closely at your monthly utility bill, you may notice a small surcharge for EmPOWER Maryland. This charge contributes to a group of programs established
Energy Climate
The Benefits of Switching to Induction Cooking
One of the key actions in Montgomery County's Climate Action Plan (CAP) is to require newly constructed buildings to be all-electric and to electrify all new and existing buildings
Energy
Environmental and Economic Advantages of Switching to an Electric Heat Pump
As Montgomery County seeks to cut its greenhouse gas emissions drastically over the next decade, homeowners may be wondering what significant actions they can take
Energy
Local student brings the power of the sun to everyone
Emma Hubbard attends the Early College Program at Montgomery College Takoma Park (majoring in Biological Sciences) and is a senior at Clarksburg High School. She
Energy Climate
Putting Science on Display: The Universities at Shady Grove BSE Facility
On July 22, 2021, Associate Principal Rick Fredlund of the architecture firm Cooper Carry accepted USGBC’s Midsummer Night’s Green award for the Universities at Shady Grove’s new Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education (BSE) Facility. The award is one of several earned
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